Improvement in safety-pockets



SAMUEL CHITTENDEN.

Safety-Pockets.

NO. 127,843, I Patentedlune11f1872.

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SAMUEL CHITTENDEN, OF WILLIMANTIC, CONNECTICUT.

EMPRCVEMENT EN SAFETV"PGCKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,845, dated J1me 11,1872.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL QHITTENDEN, of Willimantic, in the county ofWindham and in the State of Connecticut, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Safety- Pockets; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing making a part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is an inner elevation of one side of apair of pants containing my improved pocket. Fig. 2 is an elevation ofthe safety-pad as applied to the front'of a pocket. Fig. 3 is a sectionof thesame on line a: a: of Fi g. 2; and Fig. 4 is a section of saidpad, showing a modification in its construction.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

The means usually employed for protecting pockets and preventing themfrom being cut open are constructed of or from metal in some form, suchas plates, chains, interlocked rings, 850., all of which are open toserious objections by reason of their weight, cumbersomeness, andexpense. To obviate these objections is the design of my invention,which consists, principally, in the employment of abrasive material uponor within the exterior side or portion of a pocket, substantially as andfor the purpose hereinafter shown. It consists, further, in theemployment of a detachable pad protector upon the outer side of apocket, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawing, A represents a pocket, of usual construction,suspended from the inner side-'of a garment, B, and provided with anexterior opening, 0. A second pocket, D, is attached to or upon the rearside of the pocket A, and communicates with the interior of the latter,near its upper end, by means of an opening, which is inclosed by a flap,E, that swings downward and is secured in place by one or more buttons,6.

As thus constructed, it will be seen that access to the inner pocketcannot be had by thieves without cutting, as the amount of manipulationnecessary in order to unbutton the flap E and then remove the contentsof said pocket would necessarily alarm the wearer and defeat the designsof the thief.

The most common method employed for obtaining access to pockets is tocut them open by means of a knife-blade set in a ring, so as to concealit from observation. As these knifeblades are of necessity very small itis requisite that they should have an exceedingly keen edge, in order toaccomplish the desired object; and if their edge is but slightly dulled,so much effort is required to force them through the cloth as to attractthe attention of the party being operated upon. In order to provideagainst this class of operators I apply upon or within the outer side ofthe pocket the granulated emery of commerce, or other equivalentabrasive material, in such quantities and in such a manner as that,while not interfering materially with the flexibility of the fabric, itshall be impossible for any portion of the same to be out withoutcausing the edge of the knife-blade to come into contact with somegrains of emery, the effect of which is to instantly destroy thesharpness of said edge, and prevent the further operation of the same.

abrasive material with the covering of the pocket.

For use with clothing that requires to be washed I employ a pad, F,which corresponds in general size and shape to or with the pocket, andis attached to its outer side by means of buttons f, so as to be easilyand quickly removed when desired. This pad is constructed in the samemanner as the outer side of the pocket, hereinbefore described, theabrasive material contained therein operating as a bar to the passage ofthe knife.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, WhatI claim as new 1s- 1. In combination with the exterior covering of apocket, abrasive material, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

2. The detachable protective pad F, combined with the exterior of thepocket A, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this20th day of April, 1872.

SAMUEL OHITTENDEN.

Witnesses ALLEN LINCOLN, FRED. L. H. WILLIs, M. D.

